Tag: temptation
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“Butt-in-ski”, Part 2: encounters with an automated mopper
Around two months ago, I wrote about my run-in with a driverless mopping machine. “Butt-in-ski” had become the “Bane of my shopping club existence,” seemingly following me around, beeping and chirping and spinning its flashing light. Read the original harrowing tale here. This past weekend, with some apprehension, I was back at my favorite store…
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Breakfast Down the Hall
Every morning, when I come in from car line at my school, I walk the main hallway–all 900 feet of it–to help monitor students. Children, already laden down with their school backpacks, pick up breakfast in the cafeteria, and then walk the hundreds-of-feet gauntlet to their classrooms. Not all the breakfast items survive the trip…
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Illusions of Fairness
The flip side of getting one’s own way.
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Guard Your Heart
Growing up, my house was the neighborhood hub for summer fun. Friends came to play basketball—every day but Sunday—and lined up afterwards for my mom’s homemade popsicles. The front drive was always abuzz with activity. I think my parents liked it this way, because they knew where my brothers and I were, and could also…
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“Cat”astrophe
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Proverbs 4:23 Our neighbor’s cat, Peanut Butter (she’s the same color), likes to come over to our house and taunt our dogs through the patio door. She stretches out on the welcome mat, leans against the glass and preens herself like a…
Davids Daily Dose 